NEW DELHI: The nation is all geared up to roll out yoga mats day after today to mark the fourth International Day of Yoga (IDY), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to steer about 55,000 fanatics in performing asanas in Dehradun.
"About 5,000 events will be held across the country to mark International Day for Yoga (IDY)," a senior AYUSH ministry reliable said.
Ahead of the Yoga day, the top minister posted a video on his Twitter handle giving a message that yoga is a "passport" to health assurance and no longer just a set of exercises that keeps the frame are compatible.
"Yoga is the journey from 'me' to 'we'. It promises balance, calm, helps boost concentration and gives immense strength. As we approach the #4thYogaDay, I urge people around the world to make Yoga a part of their lives (sic)," Modi had tweeted.
Besides celebration is quite a lot of districts and states which might be being organised through state government in coordination with NGOs, the union ministers will pass to other venues, within the nationwide capital and outside to steer yoga occasions.
In New Delhi, eight occasions were planned with the principle event being held in Rajpath.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) can be establishing occasions at Lodhi Garden, Nehru Park, Talkatora Garden and Rajpath.
Besides, round 50,000 yoga fanatics together with women group of workers from quite a lot of Central Armed Police Forces similar to BSF, CRPF, CISF will participate in a yoga event at Red Fort organised through Brahma Kumaris.
Yoga functions will even happen in Patanjali Yoga Samiti in Dwarka and Art of Living in Rohini.
Several ministries, just like the Ministry of AYUSH has introduced mobile app 'Yoga Locator' giving details of yoga activities in a particular surrounding space, while the Ministry of Women and Child Development has introduced "#YogaFor9to5", a competition to generate awareness on the benefits of yoga at administrative center for women.
Besides, celebrations will happen in more than 150 countries, with Indian missions coordinating activities in landmark places, the ministry reliable said.
On Sunday, Modi had shared through his Twitter handle pictures to quite a lot of countries on practise periods within the run-up to Yoga Day.
In India, the largest gathering can be at Dehraudun's Forest Research Institure where the Prime Minister and about 55,000 others will stretch and bend in quite a lot of yogic postures.
Elaborate safety arrangements were installed position with commandos and paramilitary forces deployed to make sure no untoward incidents happen.
In Delhi, eight occasions were planned within the nationwide capital with the principle event being held in Connaught Place.
The centrepiece of the primary IDY celebration on June 21, 2015 used to be New Delhi's Rajpath, with the event making it to the Guinness World Records with 35,985 participants performing asanas at one venue and 84 nationalities being a part of it.
Last 12 months, the principle function used to be at Lucknow.
The United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 had declared that June 21 could be noticed as International Day of Yoga once a year, a transfer for which India had lobbied exhausting.
"About 5,000 events will be held across the country to mark International Day for Yoga (IDY)," a senior AYUSH ministry reliable said.
Ahead of the Yoga day, the top minister posted a video on his Twitter handle giving a message that yoga is a "passport" to health assurance and no longer just a set of exercises that keeps the frame are compatible.
"Yoga is the journey from 'me' to 'we'. It promises balance, calm, helps boost concentration and gives immense strength. As we approach the #4thYogaDay, I urge people around the world to make Yoga a part of their lives (sic)," Modi had tweeted.
Besides celebration is quite a lot of districts and states which might be being organised through state government in coordination with NGOs, the union ministers will pass to other venues, within the nationwide capital and outside to steer yoga occasions.
In New Delhi, eight occasions were planned with the principle event being held in Rajpath.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) can be establishing occasions at Lodhi Garden, Nehru Park, Talkatora Garden and Rajpath.
Besides, round 50,000 yoga fanatics together with women group of workers from quite a lot of Central Armed Police Forces similar to BSF, CRPF, CISF will participate in a yoga event at Red Fort organised through Brahma Kumaris.
Yoga functions will even happen in Patanjali Yoga Samiti in Dwarka and Art of Living in Rohini.
Several ministries, just like the Ministry of AYUSH has introduced mobile app 'Yoga Locator' giving details of yoga activities in a particular surrounding space, while the Ministry of Women and Child Development has introduced "#YogaFor9to5", a competition to generate awareness on the benefits of yoga at administrative center for women.
Besides, celebrations will happen in more than 150 countries, with Indian missions coordinating activities in landmark places, the ministry reliable said.
On Sunday, Modi had shared through his Twitter handle pictures to quite a lot of countries on practise periods within the run-up to Yoga Day.
In India, the largest gathering can be at Dehraudun's Forest Research Institure where the Prime Minister and about 55,000 others will stretch and bend in quite a lot of yogic postures.
Elaborate safety arrangements were installed position with commandos and paramilitary forces deployed to make sure no untoward incidents happen.
In Delhi, eight occasions were planned within the nationwide capital with the principle event being held in Connaught Place.
The centrepiece of the primary IDY celebration on June 21, 2015 used to be New Delhi's Rajpath, with the event making it to the Guinness World Records with 35,985 participants performing asanas at one venue and 84 nationalities being a part of it.
Last 12 months, the principle function used to be at Lucknow.
The United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 had declared that June 21 could be noticed as International Day of Yoga once a year, a transfer for which India had lobbied exhausting.
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